Past Festivals - 1999
The 2nd British Silent Cinema Weekend
British Comedy Before 1930
(16th - 18th April, 1999)
Download the Contents Listing from 'Pimple, Pranks & Pratfalls/ British Film Comedy Before 1930 (Flicks Book Publication for this Festival) - (PDF)
FEATURES
The Manxman (British International Pictures, UK 1929)
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Script: Eliot Stannard (from the novel by Hall Caine)
Photography: Jack Cox
Cast: Carl Brisson, Malcolm Keen, Anny Ondra, Randle Ayrton, Clare Greet, Wilfred Shine, Kim Peacock, Harry Terry, Nellie Richards
Tons of Money (Walls and Henson Films, UK 1924)
Director: Frank Hall Crane
Script: Lucita Squier(s) (from the play by Will Evans and Valentine)
Photography: Bert Cann
Cast: Leslie Henson, Flora Le Breton, Mary Brough, Clifford Seyler, Elsie Fuller, Jack Denton, Douglas Munro, Roy Byford, Wille Warde, Edna Mason
Would You Believe It! (Nettlefold Films, UK 1929)
Director: Walter Forde
Script: Walter Forde, H. Fowler Mear
Photography: Geoffrey Faithfull
Cast: Walter Forde, Pauline Johnson, Arthur Stratton, Albert Brouett, Anita O'Day, Anita Sharp-Bolster
SHORTS
Alice in Wonderland (Hepworth Manufacturing Company, UK 1903)
Dir: Percy Stow and Cecil M. Hepworth
Cast: May Clark
As Seen Through the Telescope (G. A. Smith, UK 1900)
Dir: G. A. Smith
C.O.D. - A Mellow Drama (???, UK 1929)
Dir: Lloyd T. Richards, Desmond Dickinson, Gerald Gibbs, Harcourt Templeman
Daddy's Little Didums and the New Baby (Clarendon Film Company, UK 1911)
Dir: Wilfred Noy
Daisy Doodad's Dial (Turner Film Company, UK 1914)
Dir: Florence Turner, To Powers
The Electric Shock (Gaumont Film Company, UK 1904)
Dir: Alf Collins
An Engagement of Convenience (Hepworth Manufacturing Company, UK 1914)
Dir: ???
Express Delivery (Cricks, UK 1913)
Dir: Edwin J. Collins
Finding His Counterpart (Bamforth Company, UK c.1913)
Dir: ???
Hanging Out the Clothes; or, Master, Mistress and Maid (G. A. Smith, UK 1898)
Dir: G. A. Smith
Cast: Tom Green, Mrs. Tom Green, Laura Bayley
Let Me Dream Again (G. A. Smith, UK 1900)
Dir: G. A. Smith
Cast: Tom Green, Laura Bayley
Love and the Varsity (Clarendon Film Company, UK 1913)
Dir: Percy Stow
Cast: Dorothy Bellow
The Man to Beat Jack Johnson (Tyler Film Company, UK 1910)
Dir: ???
Cast: Willie Saunders
Mary Jane's Mishap; or, Don't Fool with the Paraffin (G. A. Smith, UK 1903)
Dir: G. A. Smith
Cast; Laura Bayley
Max at the Music Hall (???, US ???)
Dir: ???
The Miller and the Sweep (G. A. Smith, UK 1897)
Dir: G. A. Smith
Milling the Militants; A Comic Absurdity (Clarendon Film Company, UK 1913)
Dir: Percy Stow
The Missing Legacy; or, The Story of a Brown Hat (Gaumont Film Company, UK 1906)
Dir: Alf Collins
The Mystic Mat (J. H. Martin, UK 1913)
Dir: Dave Aylott
Night Duty (Gaumont Film Company, UK 1904)
Dir: Alf Collins (?)
A Night in the Show (The Essanay Film Manufacturing Company, US 1915)
Dir: Charles Chaplin
Cast; Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Charlotte Mineau, Dee Lampton
Oh! That Cat (Gaumont Film Company, UK 1907)
Dir: Alf Collins (?)
Only Me (Educational Films Corporation, US 1929)
Dir: Henry W. George
Cast: Lupino Lane, Wallace Lupino
Our New Errand Boy (Williamson Kinematograph Company, UK 1905)
Dir: James Williamson
Dir: Tom Williamson, James Williamson
Pimple Has One (Piccadilly, UK 1915)
Dir: Fred Evans and Joe Evans
Cast: Fred Evans
Pimple in the Whip (Piccadilly, UK 1917)
Dir: Fred Evans and Joe Evans
Cast: Fred Evans, Joe Evans, Nina Maxwell
The Plum Pudding Stakes [Weary Willy and Tired Tim] (British and Colonial Kinematograph Company, UK 1911)
Dir: H. O. Martinek
Cast: H. O. Martinek, Joe Archer
The Rollicking Rajah (Hepworth Manufacturing Company, UK 1913)
Dir: ???
Sawney Sam's Dilemma (Barker Motion Photogrpahy, UK 1914)
Dir: ???
Stop Thief! (William Kinematograph Company, UK 1901)
Dir: James Williamson
The Tale of a Coat (Gaumont Film Company, UK 1905)
Dir: Alf Collins
[Three Old Ladies/Three Maiden Ladies] Chased by a Bull (???, UK c.1910)
Dir: ???
Tilly's Party (Hepworth Manufacturing Company, UK 1911)
Dir: Lewin Fitzhamon
Cast: Alma Taylor, Chrissie White, Harry Buss, Hay Plumb
Tubby's Rest Cure (Hepworth Manufacturing Company, UK 1916)
Dir: Frank Wilson
Two-Chinned Chow (Atlas Biocraft, UK 1923)
Dir: Adrian Brunel
Walter Makes a Movie (British Comedies, UK 1922)
Dir: Tom Seymour and Walter Forde
Cast: Walter Forde, Pauline Peters
When Extremes Meet (Gaumont Film Company, UK 1905)
Dir: Alf Collins
Wife the Weaker Vessel (Hepworth Manufacturing Company, UK 1915)
Dir: Frank Wilson
Cast: Arthur Staples, Ruby Belasco, Chrissie White, Lionelle Howard
EXTRACTS (from Features)
Alf's Button (Hepworth Picture Plays, UK 1920)
Dir: Cecil M. Hepworth
Cast: Leslie Henson, Alma Taylor
The Bump (Minerva Films, UK 1920)
Dir: Adrian Brunel
Cast: Faith Celli, Aubrey Smith, Douglas Marshall
Champagne (British International Pictures, UK 1928)
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Betty Balfour, Gordon Harker, Ferdinand von Alten, Jean Bradin,
East is East (Turner Film Company, UK 1916)
Dir: Henry Edwards
Cast: Florence Turner, Henry Edwards, Ruth Mackay, W. G. Saunders
The Farmer's Wife (British International Pictures, UK 1928)
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Jameson Thomas, Lillian Hall-Davies, Maud Gill, Gordon Harker,
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (Gainsborough Pictures, UK 1926)
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Ivor Novello, June, Marie Ault, Arthur Chesney
The Rat (Gainsborough Pictures, UK 1925)
Dir: Graham Cutts
Cast: Ivor Novello, Mae Marsh, Isabel Jeans, Robert Scholtz
Squibs (Welsh-Pearson, UK 1921)
Dir: George Pearson
Cast: Betty Balfour, Hugh E. Wright, Fred Groves, Mary Brough
Trilby (London Film Company, UK 1914)
Dir: Harold Shaw
Cast: Herbert Beerbohm Tree, Viva Birkett, Philip Merivale, Charles Rock
SPECIAL EVENTS
Wordsworth Donisthorpe (Pre-Cinema Pioneer)
The Manxman (British International Pictures, UK 1929)
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Script: Eliot Stannard (from the novel by Hall Caine)
Photography: Jack Cox
Cast: Carl Brisson, Malcolm Keen, Anny Ondra, Randle Ayrton, Clare Greet, Wilfred Shine, Kim Peacock, Harry Terry, Nellie Richards
Tons of Money (Walls and Henson Films, UK 1924)
Director: Frank Hall Crane
Script: Lucita Squier(s) (from the play by Will Evans and Valentine)
Photography: Bert Cann
Cast: Leslie Henson, Flora Le Breton, Mary Brough, Clifford Seyler, Elsie Fuller, Jack Denton, Douglas Munro, Roy Byford, Wille Warde, Edna Mason
Would You Believe It! (Nettlefold Films, UK 1929)
Director: Walter Forde
Script: Walter Forde, H. Fowler Mear
Photography: Geoffrey Faithfull
Cast: Walter Forde, Pauline Johnson, Arthur Stratton, Albert Brouett, Anita O'Day, Anita Sharp-Bolster
SHORTS
Alice in Wonderland (Hepworth Manufacturing Company, UK 1903)
Dir: Percy Stow and Cecil M. Hepworth
Cast: May Clark
As Seen Through the Telescope (G. A. Smith, UK 1900)
Dir: G. A. Smith
C.O.D. - A Mellow Drama (???, UK 1929)
Dir: Lloyd T. Richards, Desmond Dickinson, Gerald Gibbs, Harcourt Templeman
Daddy's Little Didums and the New Baby (Clarendon Film Company, UK 1911)
Dir: Wilfred Noy
Daisy Doodad's Dial (Turner Film Company, UK 1914)
Dir: Florence Turner, To Powers
The Electric Shock (Gaumont Film Company, UK 1904)
Dir: Alf Collins
An Engagement of Convenience (Hepworth Manufacturing Company, UK 1914)
Dir: ???
Express Delivery (Cricks, UK 1913)
Dir: Edwin J. Collins
Finding His Counterpart (Bamforth Company, UK c.1913)
Dir: ???
Hanging Out the Clothes; or, Master, Mistress and Maid (G. A. Smith, UK 1898)
Dir: G. A. Smith
Cast: Tom Green, Mrs. Tom Green, Laura Bayley
Let Me Dream Again (G. A. Smith, UK 1900)
Dir: G. A. Smith
Cast: Tom Green, Laura Bayley
Love and the Varsity (Clarendon Film Company, UK 1913)
Dir: Percy Stow
Cast: Dorothy Bellow
The Man to Beat Jack Johnson (Tyler Film Company, UK 1910)
Dir: ???
Cast: Willie Saunders
Mary Jane's Mishap; or, Don't Fool with the Paraffin (G. A. Smith, UK 1903)
Dir: G. A. Smith
Cast; Laura Bayley
Max at the Music Hall (???, US ???)
Dir: ???
The Miller and the Sweep (G. A. Smith, UK 1897)
Dir: G. A. Smith
Milling the Militants; A Comic Absurdity (Clarendon Film Company, UK 1913)
Dir: Percy Stow
The Missing Legacy; or, The Story of a Brown Hat (Gaumont Film Company, UK 1906)
Dir: Alf Collins
The Mystic Mat (J. H. Martin, UK 1913)
Dir: Dave Aylott
Night Duty (Gaumont Film Company, UK 1904)
Dir: Alf Collins (?)
A Night in the Show (The Essanay Film Manufacturing Company, US 1915)
Dir: Charles Chaplin
Cast; Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Charlotte Mineau, Dee Lampton
Oh! That Cat (Gaumont Film Company, UK 1907)
Dir: Alf Collins (?)
Only Me (Educational Films Corporation, US 1929)
Dir: Henry W. George
Cast: Lupino Lane, Wallace Lupino
Our New Errand Boy (Williamson Kinematograph Company, UK 1905)
Dir: James Williamson
Dir: Tom Williamson, James Williamson
Pimple Has One (Piccadilly, UK 1915)
Dir: Fred Evans and Joe Evans
Cast: Fred Evans
Pimple in the Whip (Piccadilly, UK 1917)
Dir: Fred Evans and Joe Evans
Cast: Fred Evans, Joe Evans, Nina Maxwell
The Plum Pudding Stakes [Weary Willy and Tired Tim] (British and Colonial Kinematograph Company, UK 1911)
Dir: H. O. Martinek
Cast: H. O. Martinek, Joe Archer
The Rollicking Rajah (Hepworth Manufacturing Company, UK 1913)
Dir: ???
Sawney Sam's Dilemma (Barker Motion Photogrpahy, UK 1914)
Dir: ???
Stop Thief! (William Kinematograph Company, UK 1901)
Dir: James Williamson
The Tale of a Coat (Gaumont Film Company, UK 1905)
Dir: Alf Collins
[Three Old Ladies/Three Maiden Ladies] Chased by a Bull (???, UK c.1910)
Dir: ???
Tilly's Party (Hepworth Manufacturing Company, UK 1911)
Dir: Lewin Fitzhamon
Cast: Alma Taylor, Chrissie White, Harry Buss, Hay Plumb
Tubby's Rest Cure (Hepworth Manufacturing Company, UK 1916)
Dir: Frank Wilson
Two-Chinned Chow (Atlas Biocraft, UK 1923)
Dir: Adrian Brunel
Walter Makes a Movie (British Comedies, UK 1922)
Dir: Tom Seymour and Walter Forde
Cast: Walter Forde, Pauline Peters
When Extremes Meet (Gaumont Film Company, UK 1905)
Dir: Alf Collins
Wife the Weaker Vessel (Hepworth Manufacturing Company, UK 1915)
Dir: Frank Wilson
Cast: Arthur Staples, Ruby Belasco, Chrissie White, Lionelle Howard
EXTRACTS (from Features)
Alf's Button (Hepworth Picture Plays, UK 1920)
Dir: Cecil M. Hepworth
Cast: Leslie Henson, Alma Taylor
The Bump (Minerva Films, UK 1920)
Dir: Adrian Brunel
Cast: Faith Celli, Aubrey Smith, Douglas Marshall
Champagne (British International Pictures, UK 1928)
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Betty Balfour, Gordon Harker, Ferdinand von Alten, Jean Bradin,
East is East (Turner Film Company, UK 1916)
Dir: Henry Edwards
Cast: Florence Turner, Henry Edwards, Ruth Mackay, W. G. Saunders
The Farmer's Wife (British International Pictures, UK 1928)
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Jameson Thomas, Lillian Hall-Davies, Maud Gill, Gordon Harker,
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (Gainsborough Pictures, UK 1926)
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Ivor Novello, June, Marie Ault, Arthur Chesney
The Rat (Gainsborough Pictures, UK 1925)
Dir: Graham Cutts
Cast: Ivor Novello, Mae Marsh, Isabel Jeans, Robert Scholtz
Squibs (Welsh-Pearson, UK 1921)
Dir: George Pearson
Cast: Betty Balfour, Hugh E. Wright, Fred Groves, Mary Brough
Trilby (London Film Company, UK 1914)
Dir: Harold Shaw
Cast: Herbert Beerbohm Tree, Viva Birkett, Philip Merivale, Charles Rock
SPECIAL EVENTS
Wordsworth Donisthorpe (Pre-Cinema Pioneer)

East is East (1916)